Description
Our favourite vegan nachos recipe ! Make the vegan taco "meat" & cheesy vegan "queso" in 25 minutes then layer on your favourite extras!
Ingredients
The Basics
- 340 g tortilla chips
- 1/2 batch TVP taco "meat" (recipe card below)
- 1 batch vegan queso (recipe card below)
The Cold Add-ons
- 1 batch salsa fresca (recipe card below)
- 3/4 cup lettuce or greens of choice, chopped
- Cilantro (to garnish)
- Pickled jalapeños (as many as you like)
The Real Party (optional extras)
- 1 batch quick homemade guacamole
- 1/2 batch 4 ingredient dairy-free sour cream
Instructions
*All of these toppings (other than the guacamole) can be made in advance and stored in the fridge until you are ready to assemble the nachos. The vegan queso may need to be thinned out with some extra milk if it was made in advance.
- Start by making the TVP taco “meat”. While the assembled taco meat finishes cooking for the last 10 minutes you can make the vegan queso.
- Preheat your oven to 400 F and line a sheet pan or a couple of cast iron skillets with parchment paper.
- While the oven warms up, make the salsa fresca and chop the fresh greens.
- Layer half of the tortilla chips on the parchment lined sheet pan or skillet. Sprinkle on half of the taco “meat” and half of the vegan queso. Layer the remaining tortilla chips on top. Cover with the remaining taco “meat” and vegan queso.
- Heat the assembled chips, taco meat, and vegan queso for just 5-7 minutes. Watch carefully so the chips don’t burn (you just want to heat the chips up and get everything smelling delicious).
- Once warmed, top the nachos with the cold add ons.
- If adding guacamole and sour cream, drop them in spoonfuls on top. (The sour cream can also be drizzled on top depending on the thickness).
- Serve and eat it all up while it’s warm!
Notes
Approximate Cost: $9.45 Canadian for the basics plus the salsa fresca if I buy the tortilla chips from my wholesale store. My cost will increase by about $2 if the chips are purchased at my local grocery store. Purchasing store-bought plant-based shredded cheese and ground round would bring my cost to around $15 for just the chips, meat, and cheese. If we were to order vegan nachos at a restaurant our cost would likely be $17 - $25.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American, Mexican
